Kathleen O’Rourke Leads National Honor Society

Serving in the role as the Chair of the National Board of Directors for Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society, Dr. Kathleen O’Rourke installed a new chapter of the honor society at California State University-Sacramento on March 20, 2014. She presented the Nu Alpha Delta chapter of Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society with their new charter. Dr. O’Rourke took part in the initiation of the chapter’s 36 new members, presented the ceremony’s keynote address – “Values of Leadership”, and installed the chapter’s executive student officers.

Kappa Omicron Nu is the leading honor society for students in the human sciences. Kappa Omicron Nu chapters are located in over 90 colleges and universities that offer a strong human sciences program. The mission of Kappa Omicron Nu is empowered leaders who use an integrative approach to enhance quality of living through excellence in scholarship, leadership, and research. Kappa Omicron Nu values recognition, reward, advancement, and strong affiliation networks. These ends enhance the ability of the organization and chapters to prepare scholars and researchers as leaders for the 21st century. To learn more about Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society, visitwww.kon.org

Dr. O’Rourke has been a member of Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society since 1993, when she was initiated into the Kappa Alpha Theta chapter as a student member at Eastern Illinois University. As a student, she held the offices of Chapter President and Vice President. Currently, Dr. O’Rourke is the Faculty Co-Adviser of KON’s Kappa Alpha Theta chapter in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences and has held this position since 2002. Dr. O’Rourke’s term as Chair of the National Board of Directors will conclude inDecember 2014.